Here are some of my favorites! Shabazz Palaces, Billy Woods, People Under the Stairs, Oddisee, Aesop rock, A Tribe Called Quest, Big K.R.I.T., Killer Mike, The Living Legends, Death Grips, Dynospectrum, El-P, Blue Scholars, The Cool Kids

Yes, yes it is. The Heist is pretty much amazing and Macklemore's change in style over the past couple of years has been immense. He's one of my favourite rappers of the past 10 years now. The album's Deluxe Edition up on iTunes for $11.99, for 19 tracks. Easily worth the money.

I saw A$AP Rocky live in NYC last weekend and it was the best show I've ever been to. For comparison, I've seen Paul Wall, E-40, Tech N9NE almost a dozen times, and I saw Kid Cudi and B.o.B. before either of them had albums out, plus a couple stadium shows (Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy).

Danny Brown and Schoolboy Q opened for him, too. Danny did his thing but Q got a little too high. He was smoking blunts his entire set and by the end of it I could barely hear him cause he was mumbling. He came back out during A$AP's set tho and killed it when they did Brand New Guy.